University Appointments | Professor Steven V. Ley Research Group

1969-1972	Ph.D. at Loughborough University with Professor H. Heaney
1972-1974	Postdoctoral Fellowship at Ohio State University with Professor Leo A. Paquette
1974-1975	Postdoctoral Fellowship at Imperial College with Professor Sir Derek H. R. Barton
1975-1976	Probationary Lecturer, Imperial College, London
1976-1983	Lecturer, Imperial College, London
1983-1992	Professor of Organic Chemistry, Imperial College, London
1989-1992	Head of Department, Imperial College, London
1992-2013	BP (1702) Professor of Chemistry, Cambridge
1992-2011	Head of Organic Chemistry, University of Cambridge
1993-to date	Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
2013-2017	Director of Research, University of Cambridge
2017-current	Voluntary Research Associate, University of Cambridge

Papers of Interest

141. Preparation and use of tetra-n-propylammonium perruthenate (TPAP reagent) as new catalytic oxidants for alcohols J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun.,1987, 1625-1627.
659. The Synthesis of Azadirachtin Chem. Eur. J., 2008, 14, 10683-10704
366. Total synthesis of the protein phosphatase inhibitor okadaic acid J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1998, 3907-3912.
608. Total Synthesis of Rapamycin Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2007, 46, 591-597.
669. MultiStep Synthesis using Modular Flow Reactors Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2009, 48, 4017-4021
626. A Fascination with 1,2-Diacetals J. Org. Chem., 2007, 72, 5943-5959.
536. Multi-step Application of Immobilized Reagents and Scavengers: A Total Synthesis of Epothilone C Chem. Eur. J., 2004, 10, 2529-2547.
595. A Flow Process for the Multi-Step Synthesis of Oxomaritidine: A New Paradigm for Molecular Assembly J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 2006, 2566-2568.
785. Accelerating spirocyclic polyketide synthesis using flow chemistry Angew. Chem. Int. Edn., 2014, 53, 4915-4920
854. A Lewis Base Catalysis Approach for the Photoredox Activation of Boronic Acids and Esters Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 15136-15140